Ever wished you could just... stick your fingers in to a live socket?

Well, now you can thanks to [url=http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/lebedev.shtml]Art Lebedev's Vilcus Plug Dactyloadapter[/url].

(Yes, from the same people who made the Optimus Maximus, the [url=http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/]?1000 OLED keyboard[/url])

Mmm... death inducing.

I've seen this before. I believe I saw it on April 1st...

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based on an antique persuasion device used by Soviet-era KGB
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They did what???

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high-voltage electricity . . . successfully used to treat insanity during the early 1800's.
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This is called the electric chair.

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While we at ThinkGeek are completely convinced of the health benefits of finger contact with high-voltage electricity... not all of our living test subjects for the Vilcus felt the same way.
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I don't think they have too much regard for, uh, human life. . .

You know, I wonder why I came across it on April 1st...